Outages and Security Incidents, Spying
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Silicon Angle ☛ AT&T restores network following large-scale cellular outage [Ed: Hard to tell if Windows or Windows botnets (TCO) played a role]
AT&T Inc.’s network has returned to normal operations following an outage earlier today that left a large number of users without reliable cellular reception. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation into the service disruption shortly after it began.
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SANS ☛ Large AT&T Wireless Network Outage #att #outage - SANS Internet Storm Center
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ABC ☛ AT&T outage caused by software update, company says - ABC News
AT&T outage impacting US customers prompts investigation into possible cyberattack.
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Security Week ☛ Eye Care Services Firm Faces Lawsuit Over Data Breach Impacting 2.3 Million
Eye care practice management firm American Vision Partners faces lawsuit over data breach impacting 2.3 million patients.
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Security Week ☛ Threat Actors Quick to Abuse ‘SSH-Snake’ Worm-Like Tool
Threat actors are actively deploying the recently released self-replicating and self-propagating SSH-Snake worm.
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Security Week ☛ US Offering $10M for LockBit Leaders as Law Enforcement Taunts Cybercriminals
The US is offering big rewards for information on LockBit cybercriminals as law enforcement claims to have identified some individuals.
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Security Week ☛ Change Healthcare Cyberattack Causes Significant Disruption
Change Healthcare is experiencing network disruptions after taking systems offline in response to a cyberattack.
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Security Week ☛ US Government Issues Guidance on Securing Water Systems [Ed: Delete Windows?]
CISA, FBI and EPA release guidance on how Water and Wastewater Systems Sector entities can secure their environments.
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Silicon Angle ☛ FTC hits antivirus firm Avast with fine for selling customer data it promised to protect
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it’s fining U.K.-based Avast PLC $16.5 million for selling its customer data to third-party data brokers. Avast, one of the antivirus giants of the world, had advertised its product as a shield against people’s browsing data being collected and sold on to brokers.
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Security Week ☛ FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers
European security vendor Avast is charged with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and anti-virus software and “and sold it without adequate notice and without consumer consent.”
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EDRI ☛ Press Release: Brussels rocked by major spyware scandal: Urgent call for ban
Now, when push has come to shove, policymakers at the European Union (EU) must act to ban spyware in Europe. Yesterday, the media reported a major attack on EU democracy with members of the European Parliament Defense Committee being the target of phone hacking.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Data leak reveals inner workings of Chinese state-linked hacking group
A trove of documents leaked to Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub last week has revealed that I-Soon, a Shanghai-based cybersecurity training company, is in fact a hacking group. Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported the leak today. >
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RFA ☛ Chinese company hacked UK government, NATO, Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub leak claims
Leaked data claiming to be from Shanghai's I-Soon reveals huge appetite among Chinese government, law enforcement.
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Security Week ☛ An Online Dump of Chinese Hacking Documents Offers a Rare Window Into Pervasive State Surveillance
Leaked documents show how Chinese authorities surveil dissidents overseas, hack other nations and promote pro-Beijing narratives online.
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